Why rankings of biomedical image analysis competitions should be interpreted with care

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14330%2F18%3A00101338" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14330/18:00101338 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07619-7" target="_blank" >http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07619-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07619-7" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-018-07619-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Why rankings of biomedical image analysis competitions should be interpreted with care

Original language description

International challenges have become the standard for validation of biomedical image analysis methods. Given their scientific impact, it is surprising that a critical analysis of common practices related to the organization of challenges has not yet been performed. In this paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of biomedical image analysis challenges conducted up to now. We demonstrate the importance of challenges and show that the lack of quality control has critical consequences. First, reproducibility and interpretation of the results is often hampered as only a fraction of relevant information is typically provided. Second, the rank of an algorithm is generally not robust to a number of variables such as the test data used for validation, the ranking scheme applied and the observers that make the reference annotations. To overcome these problems, we recommend best practice guidelines and define open research questions to be addressed in the future.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nature Communications

ISSN

2041-1723

e-ISSN

—

Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5217

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1-13

UT code for WoS article

000452282700012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

—